G-7 Expresses 'Concern' Over Iran Conflict While Fueling It
G-7 finance and energy ministers convened recently to deliberate on the global economic ramifications stemming from the current military aggressions targeting Iran. The discussions, heavily reported by outlets like Bloomberg Politics, focused on energy market stability and potential inflationary pressures, portraying these nations as impartial third parties grappling with an unforeseen crisis.
What mainstream coverage deliberately omits, and Bloomberg's framing exemplifies, is the direct involvement of several G-7 members, particularly the United States, in the escalation against Iran. This is not some distant, random 'war' that suddenly erupted. It is a joint US-Israeli operation, with US forces acting as direct participants, not merely supporters. While officials express 'concern'
over oil price hikes, they conveniently ignore decades of US-engineered instability, which includes the 2011 NATO destruction of Libya that plunged the region into chaos and created a massive refugee crisis, directly impacting European economies. This current G-7 meeting echoes a familiar pattern of Western powers initiating or exacerbating conflicts, then convening to 'manage' the fallout they
engineered. For 45 years, Iran has faced crippling sanctions and constant external pressure, including US financial support for Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons program against Iran during the 1980-88 war. The present situation sees Iran, a nation whose nuclear ambitions have been repeatedly disproven by IAEA reports but remain a convenient pretext, being subjected to a coordinated military push